Goodbye to Berlin
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Having moved to the city to work on his novel, Christopher finds himself immersed in a world of contradiction. He becomes enamoured with the local denizens and the colourful lives they lead, meeting an English upper-class waif, the delightfully decadent Sally Bowles; a couple - Peter and Otto - who are struggling with their sexual identities; and a distinguished and doomed Jewish family, the Landauers. With the Nazis rising to power, Christopher's Berlin is a sparkling city perched on the edge of an abyss.
'Isherwood is a master' Evening Standard
'Brilliant sketches of a society in decay' George Orwell
'Reading this novel is much like overhearing anecdotes in a crowded bar while history knocks impatiently at the windows' Guardian
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I dont know why, but this never really inspired any feelings or engagement in me. It was an interesting look at the time, I guess, but I never really cared. Maybe it was too episodic, these weren't the kind of people I like reading about and nothing really had any weight or meaning to it. I think this blasé attitude about everything was intentional, it just didn't do much for me. It's weird, because I liked similar characters and stories before but here I felt just distant and kinda repulsed.
Description
Having moved to the city to work on his novel, Christopher finds himself immersed in a world of contradiction. He becomes enamoured with the local denizens and the colourful lives they lead, meeting an English upper-class waif, the delightfully decadent Sally Bowles; a couple - Peter and Otto - who are struggling with their sexual identities; and a distinguished and doomed Jewish family, the Landauers. With the Nazis rising to power, Christopher's Berlin is a sparkling city perched on the edge of an abyss.
'Isherwood is a master' Evening Standard
'Brilliant sketches of a society in decay' George Orwell
'Reading this novel is much like overhearing anecdotes in a crowded bar while history knocks impatiently at the windows' Guardian
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I dont know why, but this never really inspired any feelings or engagement in me. It was an interesting look at the time, I guess, but I never really cared. Maybe it was too episodic, these weren't the kind of people I like reading about and nothing really had any weight or meaning to it. I think this blasé attitude about everything was intentional, it just didn't do much for me. It's weird, because I liked similar characters and stories before but here I felt just distant and kinda repulsed.